Exclusive: Yvette Cooper Urged To Stand In Labour Leadership Contest

Female Labour MPs are anxious that only men have so far put their names forward to replace Keir Starmer.

Yvette Cooper is being urged to stand in the forthcoming Labour leadership election amid concerns that the contest will be dominated by men, HuffPost UK has learned.

Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham have so far confirmed that they plan to challenge Keir Starmer, who has also insisted he will run.

However, female Labour MPs want Cooper, the foreign secretary, to throw her hat into the ring should a contest be........

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